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There have been so many nights in Karl-Anthony Towns’ career in which he has scored more points, grabbed more rebounds, hit more 3-pointers and appeared on more highlights than the 18 points, 12 rebounds and one block he delivered in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. He has never appeared on a grander stage than…

SAN ANTONIO — NBA commissioner Adam Silver said “of course” the president of the United States is “welcome” to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals, particularly this one. Silver, a New York City resident, vouched for Donald Trump’s New York and NBA credentials on Thursday in response to questions about Trump’s planned attendance at…

SAN ANTONIO — The NBA is investigating a fan interaction with Jalen Brunson during Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals that led to the New York Knicks guard complaining to lead game official Scott Foster about the fan’s behavior. Earlier Thursday, the league announced it had banned two fans for life after they co-conspired…

SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama heard from Gregg Popovich after Game 1 of his first NBA Finals, and the critique sounded like something the legendary former San Antonio Spurs coach might say. “In the big lines, it was that I’ve been bad and played a lot better than this,” Wembanyama said Thursday. Wembanyama scored 26…

It’s never been a better time to be a New York Knicks fan, and it’s also never been more expensive — at least if you’re trying to get into Madison Square Garden for the NBA Finals. Ticket prices for Games 3 and 4 are booming as the Knicks hold a 1-0 lead over the San…

SAN ANTONIO — Two fans at Game 1 of the NBA Finals received lifetime bans for their roles in an incident in which one of them ran onto the court in the fourth quarter and tried to take a selfie with San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama. With 6 minutes, 28 seconds left in the…

SAN ANTONIO — By the fourth quarter, both Victor Wembanyama and Jalen Brunson had shaken off their respective mediocrity and snapped on their capes. Game 1, the tone-setter of the NBA Finals, sat available for the taking like a last slice of pizza. And what had been a beautiful struggle between the San Antonio Spurs…

The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. During last night’s first quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs ran a video on the jumbotron. The Coyote mascot bashed three stone pieces with a sledgehammer. The…

The back of sports cards has long been fertile ground for curiosities. Whether it’s former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Pedro Borbón’s 1970 Topps card that declares his hobby to be cock fighting or former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Bruce Hill’s 1990 Fleer card saying “Bruce is really only six years old — he was born…

Hold on to your hats and glasses — the FIFA men’s World Cup is now just one week away, and it promises to be the wildest ride in the history of the event. Held across three countries (Mexico, Canada and the United States) and four time zones, the event will have a larger logistical footprint…